Advertisement

Twenty civilians killed in northeast DR Congo - Officials

Sunday May 17 2020

Women and children were among at least 20 civilians murdered in northeastern DR Congo's Ituri province overnight Saturday-Sunday, local officials told AFP.

"We have 20 people killed for now and 17 wounded, some of them admitted to hospital," Adel Alingi, a Djugu territory administrator, told AFP, adding that a notorious regional milita was suspected of carying out the latest massacre in the Democratic Republic.

IN SUMMARY

Advertisement

Women and children were among at least 20 civilians murdered in northeastern DR Congo's Ituri province overnight Saturday-Sunday, local officials told AFP.

"We have 20 people killed for now and 17 wounded, some of them admitted to hospital," Adel Alingi, a Djugu territory administrator, told AFP, adding that a notorious regional milita was suspected of carying out the latest massacre in the Democratic Republic.

Advertisement
More From NTV Uganda
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.